[ Academia ] : ++ { HIGHLY RELEVANT } ++ Concise yet valuable and provocative volume covering evidence -- criminal and expert -- as well as the forensic sciences in the United States, including: the history and development of forensic scientific evidence; the problem of junk science : Frye and the Daubert trilogy; DNA : the new gold standard; the "who" question; more "who" questions; the "how" question; the "whether" question : social science evidence in criminal cases; jurors and forensic science evidence; conclusions: where do we go from here?; Appendix: Recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences: strengthening forensic science in the United States.

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Volume covering evidence -- criminal and expert -- as well as the forensic sciences in the United States.